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The Cult of Statistical Significance How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives
Ziliak, Stephen T.; McCloskey, Deirdre N. Publisher: University of Michigan Press Date Written: 15/01/2008 Year Published: 2008 Pages: 384pp ISBN: 978-0472070077 An analysis of how modern testing has fixed on statistical significance as the benchmark of significance, often to the detriment of the relevant significance. Basically, statistical significance focuses on whether A has an effect on B, without considering how large the effect is, nor in relation to C or D that also have an effect on B. Subject Headings
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